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Game Recaps (5/7/08)

There are a few quick things to note before I get rolling with this (it’s a sweep anyway). Churchill has a report in the P-I on T-Rats right-hander Juan Ramirez, Slate has an article going into some detail on the Dominican Summer League (VSL starts up next week, in case anyone’s wondering), and word out of the M’s camp is that they’ve released LHP Eric Cyr and C Julian Henson, who was never quite able to break into a full-season team. Now, on with the recaps…

Tacoma 3, Iowa 4 (CHC - 4)
The experiment of RHP R.A. Dickey (3.25, L) and the knuckleball appears to still be a work in progress. In this outing, he went seven and two-thirds innings and had four runs score against him on ten hits and two walks while he struck out four. RHP Andy Baldwin (5.82) allowed a hit before recording the final out.
2B Yung-chi Chen (SB, .274), RF Shawn Garrett (R, .318), 1B Bryan LaHair (2 R, .294), and SS Oswaldo Navarro (RBI, .307) all had two singles, as there were no extra-base hits for the Rainiers, and Garrett had two walks while Chen had one.

Mississippi 7 (ATL - 13), West Tenn 5
Making his first appearance in affiliated ball in two years (I think?), RHP Denny Stark (1.93) pitched four and two-thirds innings and gave up a run on five hits, a hit batter, and two walks while striking out one. RHP Marwin Vega (6.30) got his usual appearance in relief, but did rather poorly, giving up four runs on four hits, a walk, and a K in an inning and a third of work. LHP Jason Mackintosh (3.21, BS, L) scored two of those along with one more of his own on two hits, two hit batters, and two Ks in two innings of work, but RHP Brodie Downs (5.51) scored one of Mac’s runs and one more after two hits and a K in the final two-thirds of an inning.
There was a bit of variety from the offense tonight, as CF Prentice Redman (HR, 2 RBI, .221) and RF Johan Limonta (HR, .333) both had home runs, with Limonta adding a walk, 1B Marshall Hubbard (2B, RBI, .373) and DH Mike Wilson (2B, R, .257) both doubled, and 2B Luis Valbuena (R, SB, .315) walked twice.

High Desert 4, Lancaster 6 (BOS - 3)
The Mavericks wasted a fine outing by LHP Nick Hill (4.22), who went five innings and let one run score on four hits and two walks while he struck out seven. RHP Alfredo Venegas (4.40) pitched an inning and two-thirds after that, allowing another run to score on four hits and a hit batter while he struck out three. LHP Michael Wagner (3.12, BS, L) ended up losing control of the game when he allowed three runs to plate on three hits in an inning of work, though RHP Shawn Kelley (0.00) would score one of those and have an unearned run score against him on one hit before he recorded the final out of the eighth.
LF James McOwen (3B, 2 R, E, .281), DH Chris Minaker (2B, RBI, .298), and CF Gregory Halman (HR, SB, .269) all had two hits on the night, with one extra base hit for each of them. That was Halman’s sixth home run of the season, but he struck out on three of his other four plate appearances. 3B Matt Mangini (HR, .228) also hit a longball, his second of the year. RF Carlos Peguero (E, .292) had three singles and 1B Erick Monzon (.400) had a hit and two walks.

Tomorrow’s Starters:
Tacoma: LHP Robert Rohrbaugh, at Iowa, @ 10:05 am PDT
West Tenn: LHP Justin Thomas, in Jackson, @ 5:05 pm PDT
High Desert: RHP Keith Renaud, at Lancaster, @ 7:05 pm PDT
Wisconsin: LHP Donnie Hume, in Appleton, @ 4:35 pm PDT

Tacoma Rainiers: 17-15, .531 8 GB in PCL Pacific North
West Tenn Diamond Jaxx: 22-11, .667, 1 GB, in SL North
High Desert Mavericks: 15-18, .455, 2 GB in CAL South
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers: 11-17, .393 10 GB in MWL Western
Organizational Record: 65-61, .516

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